1 Kings 5:17

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 5:10-18

Here is, I. The performance of the agreement between Solomon and Hiram. Each of the parties made good his engagement. 1. Hiram delivered Solomon the timber, according to his bargain, 1 Kgs. 5:10. The trees were Solomon?s, but perhaps?Materiam superabat opus?The workmanship was of more value than the article. Hiram is therefore said to deliver the trees. 2. Solomon conveyed to Hiram the corn which he had promised him, 1 Kgs. 5:11. Thus let justice be followed (as the expression is, Deut.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 5:17

And the king commanded, and they brought great stones ,.... Not in quality, but in quantity, large stones, fit to lay in the foundation; strong, and durable against all the injuries of time, as Josephus says F9 Antiqu. l. 8. c. 3. sect. 2. : costly stones ; not what are commonly called precious stones, as gems, pearls, &c.; but stones of value, as marble, porphyry, &c.; and hewed stones ; not rough as they were taken out of the quarry, but hewed, and made smooth: ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 5:17

Great stones - Stones of very large dimensions. Costly stones - Stones that cost much labor and time to cut them out of the rock. Hewed stones - Everywhere squared and polished. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 5:17

And the king commanded and they brought [or cut out, quarried (Gesen.), as in Ecclesiastes 10:9 ; see also Ecclesiastes 6:7 (Heb.) ] great stones, costly [precious, not heavy, as Thenius. Cf. Psalms 36:8 ; Psalms 45:9 ; Esther 1:4 in the Heb.], stones and [omit and. The hewed stones were the great and costly stones] hewed stones [or squared ( Isaiah 9:10 ; cf. 1 Kings 6:36 ; 1 Kings 7:9 ; 1 Kings 11:12 ). We learn from 1 Kings 7:10 that the stones of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 5:17

Sure Foundations. No city in the world has experienced so many vicissitudes as "the city of the Great King." The place of the "vision of peace" (or , "foundation of peace") has known no peace. It has been sixteen times taken by siege since our blessed Lord's day, and conqueror after conqueror has cried, "Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof" ( Psalms 137:7 ). It has been the carcase round which the Roman "eagles" have repeatedly gathered; it has been the battlefield of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 5:17

Some of these “great, hewed (no and) stones,” are probably still to be seen in the place where they were set by Solomon’s builders, at the southwestern angle of the wall of the Haram area in the modern Jerusalem. The largest found so far is 38 ft. 9 in. long, and weighs about 100 tons. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 5:17

1 Kings 5:17. Costly stones Marble and porphyry, or other stones of great size and value. To lay the foundation of the house Where they could not afterward be seen; and therefore that this was done, is mentioned only as a point of magnificence, except it was intended for a type or mystical signification of the preciousness of Christ, who is the foundation of the true temple, and the church of God. “It should seem,” says Henry, “that Solomon was himself present at the founding of the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 5:1-18

5:1-9:25 SOLOMON’S BUILDING PROGRAMWhen David had expressed a desire to build a permanent house for God, he was told that God was more concerned with building a permanent ‘house’ for David, namely, a dynasty. As for a symbolic dwelling place for God, God had already shown his ideal for Israel in the tabernacle. Nevertheless, he would allow Israel to have a temple, though it would be built not by David, but by David’s son Solomon (see notes on 2 Samuel 7:1-17).Despite God’s emphasis on the need... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 5:17

brought = quarried. great stones. These stones illustrate the work of conversion in the sinner. Hewed out of nature's dark quarry (Isaiah 51:1 , Isaiah 51:2 ), out and carved for a place in the temple of glory (Ephesians 2:20-22 ). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 5:17

17. brought great stones—The stone of Lebanon is "hard, calcareous, whitish and sonorous, like free stone" [SHAW]. The same white and beautiful stone can be obtained in every part of Syria and Palestine. hewed stones—or neatly polished, as the Hebrew word signifies ( :-). Both Jewish and Tyrian builders were employed in hewing these great stones. read more

Group of Brands